Just as plastic cards replaced metal keys at hotels, digital wallets are replacing key cards. As CNBC reported Sunday (Sept. 1), this shift follows a tough stretch for plastic hotel key cards, thanks to health concerns during the pandemic and cybersecurity worries more recently. That’s led...
Californians will soon be able to present their driver’s licenses or state IDs by using an iPhone or Apple Watch. Apple is working with the state of California to bring IDs to Apple Wallet “soon,” the company said in a Thursday (Aug. 15) press release....
For Apple, the iPhone and the App Store have historically been linchpins for its ecosystem — where the hardware is an onramp to a broad range of services that forge a continuum of commerce, content and payments. But Apple’s opening its payments tech and its...
Nearly two years after its initial announcement and about eight months after its nationwide debut, Apple Pay Later is being discontinued. In the wake of that announcement, the company is charting its wider path, outlined just last week, toward offering a range of pay-over-time lending...
July 12, 2024
For Apple, the iPhone and the App Store have historically been linchpins for its ecosystem — where the hardware is an onramp to a broad range of services that forge a continuum of commerce, content and payments. But Apple’s opening its payments tech and its App store to rivals in Europe, which seemingly loosens some […]
March 21, 2024
Among the allegations contained in the U.S. government’s antitrust suit against Apple — as the tech giant is accused of acting as an anti-competitive monopoly in the smartphone market: Apple,...
August 23, 2017
What would you say if someone asked you to name the most important innovation in payments over the last five years? We did, and we posed that question to Marqeta...
September 19, 2024
Some California residents can now add their driver’s licenses and state IDs to Apple Wallet. This capability will be rolled out as part of the California DMV’s mobile driver’s license (mDL) pilot program, which launched in 2023 and is limited to 1.5 million participants, Apple said in a Thursday (Sept. 19) press release. “Enabling California […]
September 01, 2024
Just as plastic cards replaced metal keys at hotels, digital wallets are replacing key cards. As CNBC reported Sunday (Sept. 1), this shift follows a tough stretch for plastic hotel key...
August 15, 2024
Californians will soon be able to present their driver’s licenses or state IDs by using an iPhone or Apple Watch. Apple is working with the state of California to bring...
April 09, 2024
Apple Cash cards now have virtual card numbers, enabling users to securely spend their Apple Cash at merchants that don’t accept Apple Pay. This change was included among updates to Apple...
